On Friday, Chinese police have reportedly detained many representatives of Australian casino giant Crown Resorts Ltd and the real reason was not divulged as of yet. Shares in billionaire James Packer's Australian gaming and resorts company Crown Resorts fell by over 10% today following the arrest of 18 of its employees by the Chinese authorities, which included three Australian nationals. Crown's [...] Read more » China Detains Crown Resorts Staff For ‘Gambling Crimes'
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
well there you go... crown resorts staff can't think that they can do all they want while they are in the democratic peoples republic of china. every entity should feel that they carry a big burden or responsibility and should be crystal clear while doing their operations in PRC.
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
Gambling crimes huh? One after another in china and macau Who knows what actually is happening there. But when a casino is involved, you can expect anything. Not the purest form of business, in any place of the world.
Posted by Mober: Gambling crimes huh? One after another in china and macau Who knows what actually is happening there. But when a casino is involved, you can expect anything. Not the purest form of business, in any place of the world.
They probably make some south-east asian politician/apparatchik loose a nice sum of money in their casino and now its revenge time
Joined: Jul '15
Location: Brazil
Age: 54 (M)
Posts: 70
how much hypocrisy of the government and Chinese officials the country of counterfeiting and disrespect global patent laws ... wants to ban poker or casino that can not understand... poker is not gambling ... poker is a game of strategy
I think in china if you steal it's a lot more common for people to go ahead and do their own justice... They will cut your hand off if you steal their stuff! or wait isn't that the arabs? lol I'm not sure
Anyways, stealing a casino isn't the best idea. Sure they have a lot of cash but there's also heavy security, cameras and people watching them 24/7!!
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
It will be interesting to find out what these arrests were for, it all seems very vague to me. You would think that these big multi-national corporations would know all about the laws but it seems not
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 2219
Yes in some countries it was not allowed to gamble in the Casino or online But that some People arrested, this was verry strong... It seems, that the gambler crime scene was verry active Verry nice, that i live in a other Country.
China is a strange country ... they may have what is allowed and prohibited at the same time ... about as in my country, in Russia ... the casino offline banned but there are a few places where there is a casinopoker sites online .. locked (you have to get the lock) but playing online nobody forbids ... nonsense
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
Whatever works for the politicians. Isnt that how it works every time, every where ? Its like, this is bad for you, so since we want the best for you we will forbid it. This is even worst for you, but we are making too much money from it, so we are gonna allow it.
Posted by pajalnick: China is a strange country ... they may have what is allowed and prohibited at the same time ... about as in my country, in Russia ... the casino offline banned but there are a few places where there is a casinopoker sites online .. locked (you have to get the lock) but playing online nobody forbids ... nonsense
Hows the funding/banking going with the russians? Are they allowed to use Skrill/Neteller? Are they allowed to register in online casinos with EU (UK) affiliance?
Joined: Mar '14
Location: Japan
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 8946
Most of the casinos used to be able to rake in sales from the high rollers who splash money around town. But nowadays, that is not the case anymore. Many gaming operators have toned down their marketing efforts in China over the past couple of years, focusing more on non-gaming events, including restaurants, hotel accommodations, live shows, etc.
Verry nice, that i live in a other Country.
